The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-30
One Standard for Both Sexes.

JOSIAH AllenfS cnllQren nave Deen
brought up to think that sin of any kind
is just as bad in man as in woman
and any place of amusement that Was
bad for woman to 60 was bad for
man.
Now, when Thomas Jefferson was q
little feller, he was bewitched to 60 to
circuses, and Josiah said:
Better let him 60, Samantha; it
hain't no place for wimmin or girls, but
it won't hurt boy"
Says ], Josiah Allen, the Lord made
Thomas Jefferson with jes as pure a
heart as Tirzah Ann, and no bigger ears
and eyes, and if Thonaa J. goes to the
circus, Tirzah Ann goes too"
That stopped that. And then he was
bewitched to gel with other boys that
smoked and chesed tobacco, and Josiah
was just that easy turn that he would
have let him go with 'em. But says 1 ::
"Josiah Allen, if Thomas Jefferson
goes with those boys and gels to chewiu'
and smokin' tobacco, J. shall buy Tirzah
Ann pipe" And that stopped that.
"And about d1inkin'," says l, Thomas
Jefferson, if it should be the will of
Providence to charge you into wild bear,
I will chain you UP, and do the best I can
by you. But if you ever do it yourself,
turn yourself into wild beast by drink.
in, 1 will run away; for never could
stand it, never! And" I continued, "if 1
ever see you hangin' round bar rooms
and tavern doors, Tirzah Ann shall hang
too"
Josiah argued with me. Says he: cit
doesn't look so had for a boy as it does
for girl"
Says I, "Custom makes the difference !;
we are more used to seeing men, But
says I, when liquor goes to work to
make fool and a brute of anybody, it
don't stop to ask the sex, it makes wild
beast and idiot of man or woman, and
to look down from heaven, guess man
looks as bad laYin' dead drunk as a
woman does"
Says I, Things look differently from
up there than what they do to us-it is a
more slightly place. And you talk about
looks, Josiah Allen. I don't 60 on clear
looks, 60 on principle. Will the Lord
say to me in the last day, Josiah Aliens
wife, how is it with the soul Of Tirzha
Ann-, as for Thomas Jeferson's
soul, he bein' boy, it hain't of no &C.
count?' No! 1 shall have to give an
accout to him fo: my dealin's with both
of these souls, male and female. Aud I
should feel guilty if l brought him up to
think that what mas impure for woman
was pure for man. If a man has q
greater desire TO do wrong-which 1
won't dispute" says lookin' keenly
onto Josiah--"h,s has greater strength to
resist temptation. And so," says !, in
mild accents, but firm as old Plymouth
Rock, "If Tbomns J. hangs, Tirzah Ann
shall hang too"
have brought; thomas Jefferson up to
think that it was just as bad for him to
listen to a bad story or song as for a
girl, or worse, for he had more strength
to run away, and that it was disgrace
for him to talk or listen to any stuff that
he would be ashamed to have Tirzah
Ann or me to hear. have brought him
up to think that manliness didn't consist
in having cigar in his mouth, and his
hat on one side, and swearin', and slang
phrases, and a knowledge of questionable
amusements, but in layiu' holt of every
duty that comes to him, with brave
heart and cheerful face and helpiu' to
right the wrong, and protect the weak,
and maxim the most and the best of the
mind and the soul God had given him.
In short, have brought him up to think
that purity aud virtue are both feminine
and masculine, and that Gods angels are
not necessarily all she ones.-Samantha
ANen.